Hypnotherapy for Sports Performance
Hypnotherapy for Performance, or to improve or enhance sporting performance, has the ability to help a performer focus in such a way that they will not be distracted by negative thoughts or worries, but on their best possible performance.
Hypnotherapy for improved athletic performance is used by many top athletes and teams and has been around for many years. Whether you are a professional athlete, Olympic athlete, or you just enjoy a sport like golf or tennis in a league or with friends for fun, hypnotherapy can be a great way to improve your game.
The performer can dramatically improve their performance, style, posture and self-confidence. Using hypnotherapy can even help to speed physical recovery, remove negative feelings, self-doubt, stress and anything that may hinder great performance.
Creating New Neurological Pathways
Neuro-imaging has shown that with mental practice or mental rehearsal, the brain changes to reflect the improved skills we are imagining. The Hypnotherapist helps the athlete by using visualisation and imagery to see themselves performing their sport exactly the way they want to.
This process creates new neural pathways in the brain which equate to memories of performing the way the athlete would like to perform. The body and mind then work together to reproduce that imagined memory.
Visualisation For Performance
Most coaches at some time or another will introduce visualisation to their athletes. Visualisation involves the athlete seeing and experiencing success in their mind. They are asked to imagine themselves performing exactly how they would like to perform. The results of visualisation hypnosis can vary depending on the athlete. Some people are more visual than others and those who are more visual will benefit more from this technique.
Visualisation can be done on your own, however you can take it to the next level by using a hypnotherapist Visualisation can be done on your own, however you can take it to the next level by using a hypnotherapist specialising in sports and athletics. Greater results can be achieved because the therapist can help the athlete get into the state of hypnosis which is a state of higher awareness, thereby enabling far greater concentration and also improving the ability to visualise. In hypnosis a person would be better able to see themselves performing the tasks with the advantage of the correct expected result being placed into the subconscious where it would form the athlete’s programming.
In this state, the therapist can also help to remove doubts or fears from past negative experiences. It is known that self-doubt is one of the contributors to poor performance on the day of an event. Even when everything else is done correctly, personal doubt can hurt even the best athlete’s performance. Remember, imagination and memory are very powerful and can override reason.
